The Hufflepuffs were eventually led to their dorms by a prefect. It was a nice, cozy-looking place. To get in, the prefect...

AN ~ I am a Hufflepuff myself, I know how to get into the dorms. I also know there are some witches and wizards from the other houses out there that might come across this book. For the safety of my house, in case you are nosy, I'm not telling you how to get in!

Luro found her bed and luggage, and met her new roommate. Her name was Gloria.

Gloria had light brown skin, and her hair was black and wavy, with a violet streak. It just touched her shoulders. She had pulsing hazel eyes that stared into your soul. Gloria looked kind of Spanish, but Luro couldn't tell.

"Hi!" she introduced herself, "My name is Gloria. It seems we are roommates! What's your name, please?"

Nope. The accent was totally English.

"Me?" she responded, "Oh, I'm Ailurophilia."

"Aye-luna- pardon me?" Gloria was confused.

Luro laughed, "You can just call me Luro."

"Oh," she smiled cheerily, "Okay then! Say, do want to meet my owl?"

Gloria's owl was a beautiful silver one, with gorgeously fluffed feathers and a very dainty beak. It's large eyes looked up at the girls.

"He's so pretty!" Luro exclaimed, "How did you get him?"

"I found him as a baby," Gloria sighed, "His parents had died, so I took care of him. Northstar is very important to me." She stroked the owl, then turned back to her roommate, "Do you have a pet?"

Luro brought over her winged kitten, and Gloria was in complete shock. Luro told her all about the animal's creation, and how she had changed when she had been chosen for Hufflepuff. Gloria kept her baffled expression for the whole story.

"No way!" she gasped when Luro was finished, "That's so cool!"

Luro smiled and glanced at her clock.
"I guess it's time we went to bed."

"Yeah," Gloria agreed, "Big day of school tomorrow! Oh, I'm so excited!"

"I know! Me too! Oh, and to think I thought I was a squib!"

The girls laughed, then went into their separate beds to sleep.

"Good night."

"Night."

And they drifted off, dreaming of their days at Hogwarts.

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The next day, Luro had many classes. She learned so much, and had so much fun learning. Luro was loving it at Hogwarts. She had already made two friends; Gloria and Tobias. She had almost all of her classes with both of them, and introduced them to each other. The three became the best of friends.

Then, mail day came.

Luro and her friends were eating breakfast together when the multitude of owls flew in. Dark ones, light ones, big ones, small ones; all carrying mail.

"Mail's here!" yelled Tobias.

Northstar landed in front of Gloria with two letters for her.

"Let's see," she said, putting down her fork and picking up her mail, "Here's a letter from my mom, and..." she flipped the other over, "One from my younger friend. What about you guys?" She looked over at the other two.

Luro's father's owl swooped in carrying a single letter.

"That's from my parents," she noted, "I'd recognize my dad's owl anywhere." The envelope bulged. "Mum's probably worried about me, from the size of this. She'll want to know everything," she chuckled, "What about you, Tobias?"

Tobias frowned. He looked worriedly at his friends, and showed them the red-enveloped letter he had gotten.

It was a howler.

"Ooh, a howler," Luro winced, "Better open that up before it sets on fire."

"I'd rather it burst into flames," he whimpered.

"It can't be that bad," she tried to assure him.

"My howlers are 100 times worse than the average one," he retorted.

"I seriously doubt that," she scoffed.

Tobias sighed, gulped, and shakily pulled open the howler. It hovered in the air above him and started howling.

"TOBIAS, HONEY," it started, "WE LOVE YOU SOOO MUCH!" It was an overly excited mother, "CONGRATS ON BEING A HUFFLEPUFF! WE MISS YOU AT HOME! GOOD LUCK! MAKE FRIENDS! XOXO, Mum and Dad!"

Laughter roared from all around. Even Gloria had to stifle a giggle. But Luro just smiled, putting a hand on his back.

"Aaawwww!" she admired, "That's so sweet!"

Tobias looked embarrassedly away from her, blushing. He didn't like his parents doing that to him, but was surprised by Luro's reaction. He wanted it all to end.

The laughter died down after a moment, and Gloria wiped a last tear of joy. But Tobias knew this would come back to haunt him.